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The Vast Fields of Ordinary

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The Vast Fields of Ordinary	comment	A 2009 Gay Teen Coming of Age Novel by Nick Burd, tells the story of Dade's metaphorical Last Summer.The story begins with a short description of Dade's life since childhood ranging from his mother's transformation from a Hippie to an average housewife who sips martinis and gardens things other than weed, his father's interest in life in a cul-de-sac, and his secret relationship with football player Pablo The Sexican Soto. It establishes Dade's life as average, until one day he decides to admit his feelings to Pablo and things start going crazy.In the correct order it goes relationship drama, gay drama, divorce drama, drama drama, and finally the Climax which ties up the novel in a satisfying way, but solves most of the drama in a very anticlimactic way.Needs More Love
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: She also suspects her status and in her few appearances tries to keep Dade away from Pablo
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Happens twice; once in the middle when Fessica mispronounces song lyrics, and again in the end. It gets explained on the last page, though the reader always gets a vague idea about it.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_1b596e24	type	The Beard
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_1b596e24	comment	The Beard: Judy for Pablo. It's a story about gay people, what did you expect? A Moustache? Genre Savvy: She also suspects her status and in her few appearances tries to keep Dade away from Pablo
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Bordering on complete downer: Dade learns things aren't always as perfect as you make it out to be no matter how perfect your boyfriend is, his parents divorce (Which is a good thing), he finally gets friends of his own, and Alex decides to break the mold his father and sister set before him and not run away and stays in town to help his grandma, but Pablo kills himself by crashing his car into a tree after all the gay confusion he went through, Dade and Alex mutually break up, and Lisa moves back to L.A.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_424d15ad	type	Love Hurts
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_424d15ad	comment	Love Hurts: Pablo initially rejects Dade but for the rest of the novel, Pablo comes to regret it.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_43a045de	type	Dropped a Bridge on Him
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_43a045de	comment	Dropped a Bridge on Him: Pablo decides life isn't worth living and has a heartbreaking in hindsight goodbye with Dade, which is a bit unexpected.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_46290b93	type	Manic Pixie Dream Girl
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_46290b93	comment	Manic Pixie Dream Duo: Alex and Lisa take turns playing this to Dade.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_65c4d6e	type	Trouble Follows You Home
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_65c4d6e	comment	Trouble Follows You Home: A main theme of the novel is that no matter where you go, the trouble you were trying to escape will always follow you because you are always going to be the same person.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_6f19054d	type	Coming-Out Story
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_6f19054d	comment	Coming-Out Story: An odd one since Alex and Dade both don't care who sees who doing affectionate things, and when Dade finally tells his parents he's gay, they're a bit shocked but are still loving and supportive, and actually be more so than before.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_8c678d33	type	Death by Newbery Medal
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_8c678d33	comment	Death by Newbery Medal: The main reason why the summer this book covers is considered by Dade to be his last real summer. It's certainly not forgettable.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_a220d528	type	What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_a220d528	comment	What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: While reading this you may sarcastically say/think "Wow treating the guy who is trying to reconcile with you like shit and rubbing your new happy relationship in his face. What could go wrong?" the answer? He kills himself.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_da6c567	type	The Storyteller
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_da6c567	comment	The Story Teller: Alex reveals close to the end he's writing a book called "The Vast Fields of Ordinary."
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_e0aed924	type	No Antagonist
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_e0aed924	comment	No Antagonist: One of the Jerk Jocks might count if he had appeared in more than the few pages he had.
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The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_f2fe3a61	type	Romantic Runner-Up
The Vast Fields of Ordinary / int_f2fe3a61	comment	Romantic Runner-Up: Pablo Until the end of the novel we find out it was actually Alex, but then Pablo dies
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